| Harriet Monroe, ed. (18601936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 191222. | | | | First Snow | | By Esther Louise Ruble |
| | | THE NIGHT was hiding a secret | |
| When it stole | |
| Through the red gates of sunset, | |
| Coming so silently. | |
| We heard it whispering | 5 |
| To the bare trees. | |
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| And while we wondered, | |
| The white souls of the autumn leaves | |
| Came softly back, | |
| Drifting, drifting. | 10 | | | |
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